From a plush office in Nariman Point to a small office in a gully in Vile Parle, it is a tough transition. “I used to stay at the Taj whenever I’d come to Mumbai,” says Naveen Tiwari, founder of mobile advertising service Mkhoj. “But when I started my own company, I slept on a mattress in an empty room.” The ex-Mckinsey consultant, who did...

  Outsourcing used to be all about cheap labor. While price is still important, it’s no longer the deal breaker. Increasingly, other factors, such as available expertise and time, are becoming the main drivers. And with companies globalizing for instant communication, it’s no longer necessary to have all employees working under the same roof or even in the...

IIM’s cant bank on Investment banks Investment banking companies used to be the first choice for most graduates of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). And the biggest paymasters , paying some mindboggling salaries. But with the troubles now plaguing the global investment banking sector, this could change. Lehman Brothers, which has filed for bankruptcy,...

    An another fabulous invention from Google!!! The New Google Chrome is not just a browser; it is THE Browser meeting pretty much all expectations. Download and install was very easy. A light 7 MB download file made things smooth. On install, Chrome directly imported all my favourites, history passwords and tabs from IE 8. All I had to do was click, and I was into...

How the phrase “thinking outside the box” has emerged? Many consultants during pre-eighties era used the Nine Dot Puzzle to prove conventional thinking of their prospective clients faulty. They challenged them to connect the nine dots with four straight continuous lines without lifting the pencil from the paper. If one stretches the lines beyond the square...

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Cos rush to make pre-placement offers at B-schools Pre-placement offers (PPOs) could well be the flavour of the season at B-school campuses this year. With the markets slowing down and companies’ increasing eagerness to get on board freshers who have already proved their mettle, it’s pouring PPOs in premiere B-schools across the country. Sample this: It’s only...